Trade

Fifteen bidders have proposed to a combined 2.07 million tonnes of inedible state rice stocks, which comprise 56% of the total 3.66 million tonnes of the grain unfit for human consumption put up for auction by the government. According to Keerati Rushano, deputy director-general of the ...

Bangladesh has called for the resumption of Joint Commission meetings with Thailand to forge cooperation and consult on issues left unresolved years after the previous meeting, as Dhaka expresses interest in closer ties and more action on issues of mutual interest with the Kingdom. The ...

As the U.S. pulls back and China expands, Southeast Asia tries to adjust. People become aware of the divine power of a mantra only when they no longer hear it. People have been hearing world leaders inveigh against protectionism after official meetings for so long ...

Exports in February decreased in value year on year for the first time in four months, a decline attributed to the high value of gold and aerospace exports in February 2016, according to the Commerce Ministry. The ministry reported that export value last month declined by ...

The European Commission has said Cambodia’s milled rice industry must eradicate the use of the fungicide Tricyclazole by June. The strict new Maximum Result Limit will mean rice must not contain more than 0.01 milligram of the chemical per kilogram of the grain. The limit was adopted ...

Rising wheat prices in China are putting pressure on thousands of the country’s small flour mills, speeding up rationalization of the world’s biggest milling industry and boosting the market share of bigger players. Many small-scale mills have been forced to shut down or cut back operations ...

While Prime Minister Hun Sen has publicly expressed his distaste for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which was dealt a critical blow by US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the agreement, economists say there has been little visible progress in cementing a ...

The trade in rice products between Laos and China still faces challenges due to the demand for high quality by Chinese buyers, according to a senior trade promotion official. This means Lao producers will have to try a lot harder to produce high quality rice ...

Online traders must display prices and details of products and services or risk being fined, the government has warned. Nuntawan Sakuntanaga, director-general of the Internal Trade Department, said the Royal Gazette recently published the announcement of the central commission on prices of goods and services signed ...

Amid mighty rivers and dense mangroves, the busy floating markets in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta have long shaped the delta’s well-known “water civilization.” As many as a dozen floating markets still remain along major waterways around the delta, where boats, houses, and markets float upon the ...